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By NorthernSoul52 · Posted
Going to play bingo here - it'll either be: Raye / Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band / Fred Again or The 1975 / Rihanna / Sam Fender or Dave / Lady Gaga / Harry Styles -
By gooner1990 · Posted
No one was telling us anything.....I did notice at one point that no one was joining the queue but no one was leaving it either so just guessed D was still as bad (until I heard otherwise) -
Yea they could have had a staff member telling people towards the back that gate D would be quicker. I was lucky and was in the 5th row of gate A when I arrived but was shuffled down to the 3rd row and was in by 8:20 so it was moving. -
By Mark E. Spliff · Posted
I've posted something similar on the 'fitness for Glastonbury' thread, but it's relevant here. There are different types of fitness, and the type you develop by your average resistance/CV gym workout won't be much help in terms of coping with several days spent walking/standing all day. There's all sorts of different science at play here including CV fitness, muscular strength, musculoskeletal structures etc. e.g. search online for fast twitch/slow twitch muscle fibres or go down the rabbit hole of the pros/cons of supportive footwear versus training your feet not to need them (e.g. search for 'barefoot shoes,' but that's a controversial topic and there's a real risk of buggering yourself up with them if you're not careful.) But the best way to think about it is this: if you were training to run a marathon, would you just go to the gym and do leg resistance exercises? No: you'd train by doing it - that way you're giving the right type of training to all the bits of you that need it. Same with Glastonbury - the training you need to be doing is being on your feet all day. Building this type of resilience is a very slow process so the best way to do it is by implementing a lifestyle change asap - i.e. using your own 2 feet whenever possible. This sounds like an optimistically simple solution, but in fact it would be a major upheaval for most of us because our lives have become so sedentary. If you actually manage to do this, you'll experience all the foot pain, leg pain lower back pain etc. that's being reported here, but only temporarily - it's just a pain barrier you have to get through, like the soreness you get 2 days after starting a weight training programme. If your body hasn't got used to being on your feet all day before you get to Glastonbury, then that's where you'll experience these temporary aches/pains. (Mid 50s. Zero aches/pains despite blasting round the site wearing converse every day.) -
By efcfanwirral · Posted
Slightly different to what you guys are talking about, but as it was our first time volunteering it was also our first Tuesday. I couldn't believe the people queueing at Gate B from mid afternoon. We saw them at around 6pm and someone said they'd been there since at least 2! They were on the beers in the sun and in great spirits. Fair to say they were not as bouncy when we walked past at 5.30am Weds on the way to our shift...
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